If they have a pre-spark Ajani in there, most likely he'll make use of lifegain and/or +1/+1 counters.

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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.

PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.

This is exactly the kind of "tribal" interactions I don't like to see. Just pumping creatures of X creature type. That's... Seriously the most generic and boring thing you can do.

I would really prefer that if a tribe gets tribal support, that the support actually gives them a distinct identity and doesn't boil down to "make a bunch of (insert type here) tokens"/"make (insert type here) big boys".

I hope that the rest of the legends in this deck do something interesting.

This is exactly the kind of "tribal" interactions I don't like to see. Just pumping creatures of X creature type. That's... Seriously the most generic and boring thing you can do.

I would really prefer that if a tribe gets tribal support, that the support actually gives them a distinct identity and doesn't boil down to "make a bunch of (insert type here) tokens"/"make (insert type here) big boys".

I hope that the rest of the legends in this deck do something interesting.

I'm guessing that the face legend is super simple tribal commander and the other two will be more mechanical build around and/or powerful creature of the said type (this is slightly backed by the dragon leaks). The face of the decks looks to be the Eminence so the other two cat will most likely be more build around.

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I feel like in order to make Cats good, Wizards needs to give them a few OP cards.

I would like some kind of legendary cat spirit that could maybe give your permanents indestructible as an activated ability. It would fit well in white green, helps keep your cats alive since they're standing toe to toe with Dragons and other overpowered tribes, as well as keep your equipment alive if that happens to be a subtheme.

I also expect a few more "equipment matters" cats, perhaps even a new Stoneforge Mystic variant, alongside some fancy equipment for our feline friends.

Tokens could also be a subtheme, so maybe a few cards that make Cat tokens?

Lifegain seems like it's definitely a Cat theme so I would expect to see some Cats that care about your life or can give you life.

For comparison there are only 135 cat decks. Cat tribal decks are the fringe/unexpected tribe.

If Cat Tribal is unexpected then the other two are Zombies, Elves or Goblins. Cats are one of the tribes people have wanted more support for them for years. Cat Tribal doesn't get much commander play because there are zero real on color commanders

Go look at the most popular cat tribe commanders, the top 3 are mono white in a dual color tribe, the first non mono colored commander on their lists is A G/W God that has nothing to do with Cats.

There has never been an angels matter legendary creature but many people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

For comparison there are only 135 cat decks. Cat tribal decks are the fringe/unexpected tribe.

If Cat Tribal is unexpected then the other two are Zombies, Elves or Goblins. Cats are one of the tribes people have wanted more support for them for years. Cat Tribal doesn't get much commander play because there are zero real on color commanders

Go look at the most popular cat tribe commanders, the top 3 are mono white in a dual color tribe, the first non mono colored commander on their lists is A G/W God that has nothing to do with Cats.

There has never been an angels matter legendary creature but many people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

There's a difference between "no on color legends" and "no on color tribal matters legend". Angel tribal decks had the option of running an angel as a commander, at least, where cat tribal decks had to be either mono-color or running an unrelated general.

There has never been an angels matter legendary creature but many people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

There's a difference between "no on color legends" and "no on color tribal matters legend". Angel tribal decks had the option of running an angel as a commander, at least, where cat tribal decks had to be either mono-color or running an unrelated general. [/quote]
Or run Jedit Ojanen which is not exactly the best colors. ^^

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Planar Chaos was not a mistake neither was it random. You might want to look at it again.

i like the commander. it effectively grants a creatures +6/+6 plus whatever its original power was. That is potent.

One dimensional Sure.

But still a lot of fun. Especially when combined with pump cards.

So you could effectively have Leonin Skyhunter out on the field. Pump him with Titanic Growth. He is then pumped by the Commander and you pay for the Commander's extra cost. You have thus created a 18/18 flying trample creature (2+4=6+3=9+9=18). That is suuuuper easy to pull off too.

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

Oh really? No Angels matter general? Not one huh I guess Kaalia and Bruna don't exist then, and there are a minor handful of Wizards outside of blue so saying "I don't count Azami." is going for extreme edge cases. Cats are for the most part split between 2 colors. White and Green, and they do not have either a white or green commander that really fits them.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

Theres no factual.basis to this, it's purely opinion based. I have the same opinion, I don't want goblins, elves, etc in this line of decks but that doesn't make it a fact that these tribes are not expected and that most people don't want to see them here.

To the contrary, those are some of the most popular tribes in the game and the names that came up first when tribal decks were announced. Its safe to say those tribes are the epitome of expected creature types for these decks.

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

Oh really? No Angels matter general? Not one huh I guess Kaalia and Bruna don't exist then, and there are a minor handful of Wizards outside of blue so saying "I don't count Azami." is going for extreme edge cases. Cats are for the most part split between 2 colors. White and Green, and they do not have either a white or green commander that really fits them.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

^Kaalia is a great Angel tribe general, even though she's not one herself. That said, I tampered a lot with an Angel EDH deck, and ended up with hexproof Sigarda because going green is great to get access to all the good ramp so I actually got to cast all those 7+ mana angels, plus tutors for Cavern of Souls, since there really aren't a lot of other good payoff cards in the tribe. I found that to be more valuable than the RW angels, and being completely reliant on my general is not where I want to go in EDH. Sigarda turned out to be awesome even in a non-voltron deck, that last line is relevant allthe time.

Cat tribal is pure fan service. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The card is sooo subtle. I had to read it 23/38 times to find an optimal way to play it. I mean really, why the flavor text isn't "play cats with this card and attack with them!"? Some players may get confused and try to build control and stax with this.

Sigh, i hope that one tribe will be UGB Eldrazi, but it surely won't be.
Ally bicolor is so one dimensional

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How i feel about competitive players and casual players in EDH: The competitive are german tourists, the casual are italian tourists, both in a italian beach. The italians asking themselves "why are the germans here?" make a legitimate question, the answer is because the beach is beautiful, no matter the country you came from. The italians wanting to ban the germans are dumb, because if the germans pay for their stay and follow the rules like everyone else, they have the right to be in the beach. Hovewer, if the germans started to ask themselves "why are the italians here?"... they would be dumb as hell.

Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

Oh really? No Angels matter general? Not one huh I guess Kaalia and Bruna don't exist then, and there are a minor handful of Wizards outside of blue so saying "I don't count Azami." is going for extreme edge cases. Cats are for the most part split between 2 colors. White and Green, and they do not have either a white or green commander that really fits them.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

Oh really? No Angels matter general? Not one huh I guess Kaalia and Bruna don't exist then, and there are a minor handful of Wizards outside of blue so saying "I don't count Azami." is going for extreme edge cases. Cats are for the most part split between 2 colors. White and Green, and they do not have either a white or green commander that really fits them.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

people still play tribal angels. This is because Angels are a popular card and tribal type. Same can be said about Wizards with the exception of Azami who is mono blue.

Oh really? No Angels matter general? Not one huh I guess Kaalia and Bruna don't exist then, and there are a minor handful of Wizards outside of blue so saying "I don't count Azami." is going for extreme edge cases. Cats are for the most part split between 2 colors. White and Green, and they do not have either a white or green commander that really fits them.

If Cats are not an expected Tribe along with Wizards and Angels then tell me exactly what is expected? Because Elves, Zombies and Gobbos are not exactly expected, they are more. "dear god no."

Expected tribes would be popular tribes that EDH players enjoy playing with. Dragons is a great example of one. Other ones include Zombies, Vampires, Elves, Wizards and Angels.

If they were to print tribal Angel what are the chances that the new legends would replace Kaalia as the best Angel Tribal commander? Very Dinky. We see this with Scion of the Ur vs UR Dragon. I have tested UR dragon as the Big Bad and the Eminence thing just doesn't beat out being able to grab any dragon you need, especially when you can just grab Ur-dragon if you really need his on attack ability, that is the problem when they start digging into the popular tribes you list. Most of them already have powerful and viable commanders. That includes Wizards.

And Brunna the Fading Light does fine as a Mono-White Angel Battleship general. Battleship Angels gonna be slow no matter what unless you are running Kaalia. Until you cast her 4 times you usually come out ahead in terms of Mana Costs if you are grabbing an angel from the Graveyard. All of the Tribes you have listed as "expected" are Tribes that have more support than they need. That should outright eliminate most of them* from this set because the "expected" decks should be.

1. Tribes that do not have lots of support including a General that is on color for the core of the tribes colors.
2. Tribes that have enough members that they can make a 100 card deck out of, without having to go over printing 10-20 new cards for that specific deck.
3. Tribes that people actually like.

Cat probably fits that profile more than any other tribe in the setting with Wizards and (Mardu) Vampires being a little further behind them. Half the tribes you listed as "Popular" are tribes that shouldn't be anywhere near this set. Elves, Zombies and Goblins probably have more support in the three than the rest of the tribes in the game put together.

Edit : Another thing of Note, while we are using EDH Rec because it is pretty much the only list were we can actually see what is being used, that does not mean it takes into account 100% of every deck made.

If they have a pre-spark Ajani in there, most likely he'll make use of lifegain and/or +1/+1 counters.

Not so much a counter Ajani, but a token making Ajani. "+1: Put a 1/1 white cat token with lifelink onto the battlefield." ALl the previous mono white walkers except for Ajani was able to make a token, even Gideon.